STAFF EDIT:
Note - The mod author has been unreachable for some time, but the vbulletin.org community has stepped up to provide a number of individual fixes over the years. ForceHSS and Hippy have both combined many of these fixes into product files.

ALL CREDIT STILL GOES TO ABE1 And this is still 'his' mod. Please still mark the mod as installed if you use any version of it.

That said so you don't need to apply a dozen + small fixes yourself you should consider downloading one of the updated packages below:

- Original File Specs: post_thanks_7_82.zip (26.4 KB, 24844 downloads) - Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).
- There are five total patched versions available, some with and without the search fix - I've replaced the main file with the patched versions... please be sure to download and install the correct version, the main mod post contains links to additional information and patched files!
- If Abe1 returns he can request these packages be removed.

About this hack:
One of the biggest problems on forums as you may know is 'posts boosting'. There are users who LOVE to say 'thanks' when ever they can. How can it hurt? Their post count goes up, they have nothing to loose.

There are also users who really like to express their thanks to post but don't like posting a post that looks like they're post boosting.

Then comes the moderators who have to delete people's thanks yous so a thread can look readable with out the thanks yous thrown around.

Finally comes the posters of these useful posts. They have no idea how many people really likes their posts if only some people say 'thanks'.

What this hack does is fix ALL these problems - except those users who like post boosting. This places a button called 'thanks.' When a user clicks on it, it places his username in a box right under the post saying that so-and-so says 'thanks' for the post. Every-one who clicks is placed in one box.

By giving your users the extra feature, you forum will look allot nice and organized. It is a guaranteed liking by ALL the members of your forum.

Features:

Uses vBulletin easy Product installer/updater/uninstaller

Uses AJAX technology so your users don't have to refresh when they thank.

Places an easy to use button next to the edit button

Separate looks for postbit and postbit_legacy

Places all Thanks into one small box

Uses only ONE query every time you view a showthread page!

Users can't thank twice

Option to not allow users to thank their own post

Guests don't see 'thanks' button

Counts how many thanks a user gives

Counts how many thanks a post gets

Shows how many thanks a user gave in every post of his

Shows how many thanks a user gave in profile

Shows how many thanks a user got

Shows how many posts or a user are thanked

Shows info in profile

Search for a users thanked posts

Search for all thanked posts

Administrator can remove all Thanks from a single post

Users can remove their own Thanks

Turn on and off hack totally

Turn on and off hack for only some forums

Option to turn off hack for all but the first post of a thread

Option to turn off hack for all but the first post of a thread in specific forums

Option to turn off hack view of date for specific or all forums

Option to add to post count when someone clicks 'thanks'.

Option to give a user who receives thanks reputation points.

Ban Usergroups

Ban Users

Uses Phrases

Cache Templates

Guaranteed to be liked by ALL users on your forum!

Installation information on hack:

Files edited: 0

Templates edited: 0

Files to upload: 8

Time to install: 1 minute max

Updates:

Version 7.80 (12/30/09):

Release of this hack for vBulletin version 4.0

Version 7.81 (01/02/10):

Fixed some install and uninstall database errors.

Made styling for postbit legacy a little better.

Fixed the "separator" issue.

Javascript file updated.

Version 7.82 (01/03/10):

Fixed info alignment issues in the postbit for custom edited phrases.

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I installed per directions (like other plugins) and the thank you button doesnt show... I am using default skin so there is no reason why it shouldnt. I see the code in the template but the button doesnt appear.